Jita this game needs revenue.

Perp needs Alpha like EvE needs hi sec and that 85% subscriber base that never leaves it. Along with the pve alts that pay for the pvp in low and null. I know its buy to play soon, but same applies, it needs the carebear bodies buying EP boosts.

I really think monocles for our avatars. But priced at a $1 per. This would be popular, and funny, on so many different levels. That said as just mentioned, new avatar faces, plus cosmetic changes to them.

What about SpT slot Boost? Like EP, its something everyone wants more of, and I guess like an EP Boost, its something people would probably pay to have more of. Maybe a monthly pack of 5 slots for $5 bucks?

And before everyone jumps on the political bandwagon ... I just thought of this now .... not saying I want it, but just thinking it be a commodity people would want, seeing as travel sucks ....

And since travel sucks ... Station port on Demand? buy in packs of 5 uses for $10 bucks. Ports you and ANY open container you have back to Station on your current island, one minute warm up. Cannot be used while in combat (either NPC or PvP), and cancelled if engaged before warm up  (intended as a fast travel mechanic, not a "save my shiny" mechanic) Useful for remote mining and missions that are far from home.

And speaking of "save my shiny" ... does exactly that ... but only for player under 240 k EP.  10 "saves" for $20, cannot be used on a PvP kill, replaces the bot and mods into the terminal you find yourself in, if done within 15 minutes of PVE death. Meant to be a  Noob hybrid of insurance and the inevitable can recovery missions newbs find themselves on after they die. Please note .. since the game considers a PvP encounter that ends with victim running into NPCs to avoid KM a PVE death this death would be eligeble but only include mods not looted ... so would need to be used right away before vultures picked your carcass clean in any death situation. Please note #2 .. sorry cargo not included. Noobs have to learn some pain.

Maybe controversial ideas, but IMO every one better than EP resets for cash.

Now I'm pretty sure here at STC we were quite open and up front about greased midget sex.

I Sir, take exception to you calling it our seedy underbelly.

Edited bump for a difficult and skilled enemy

So with the obvious pink bots I thought you were asking for an actual Pimp bot, ie fur coat, medallions, shades, outrageous hat, low rider caddy. But pimped out bots is a good idea too.

Lets hope.

If the Character transfer reply was for my question, you know I am referring to the Account "Gifting".
If I wasn't clear, please change my question to

With name changes will you have a valid public method to sell Accounts, lets say for a $30 flat fee to PO, plus whatever nic/Items the owner wishes, rather than the current grey area we have for account "gifting"

Sorry Zoom I'm sure you don't want to have to police something like this but the reality is you are going to have to in some way, might as well make it as easy as possible to do it.

They are counting on the fresh blood. This game has averaged what, maybe 200 paid vet accounts monthly for the last year? Its not enough to substain the game. The trade off is to have 2000 new accounts buy the game and play at least 6 months while losing at least half of the vet revenue, since some vets will still pay for the EP boost. And the additional 400 vets who will return to play because they now can play for free, well, they weren't playing anyways. And some of those returning vets will also pay for the EP boost.

And no matter whether someone is playing for free or paying, the game needs population. Currently the #1 problem this game has, by far. So if we average 500 peeps in Gen, all of a sudden we are getting the pvp, the market moving, and life in the game, That should make the game more desireable and make even more people try it out.

The problem that skews this is the EP reset without restrictions.

Also, this .... " So the current plan is to do the reset and the reimbursement on the day we launch on Steam, and start right away with a revamped gamma experience." ..... from the blog.

Umm, lets say the Gamma experience goes smoothly, and is ready to be repopulated immediately. Having whatever stuff currently on Gamma returned to a terminal at the exact same time as Gamma is ready to be repopulated leaves no time for logistics to be organized for these assets to be used again.  Could the reimbursement be done a week before?

I assume, the EP earned will remain the same? ie, one EP per minute gets switched to a daily package that contains 1440 EP?

Also, the terraforming reimbursement ... one package per terminal.

Lets say STC kills PHM terminals frequently, causing them to rebuild more terminals, which STC then kills. In the meantime, STC has a terminal on Imidero that stands for all time, and the base around it is terraformed more than most islands.

Does PHM get 20 terminal terraforming reimbursement packages for being bad while STC gets one package for being good?

Hypothetical question, of course.

i'm all for harder is better. With the amounts and placements of NPC spawn locations on Hoop, Dom, and Hokk it is quite difficult to find a possible safe path in some areas, perhaps an interesting dynamic for PvP but also a definite increase in travel difficulty for this game, that is not good. The other thing I noticed while running a lvl 5 mission on Tellesis was these rules pulled NPCs from another mission spawn into the area I was in. this made completing the current objective tougher (np there) but also resulted in the NPCs in the next area NOT being in the correct reqion for me to complete the last objectives. Thats not good.

I like and understand the reasons for these changes, but I don't think its quite working as intended with some problematic side effects ...

And wtf is the Sensor strength on roaming Obs on gamma? Those beasts have consistently displayed values far exceeding the best T4 fits while consistently dropping T3 gear ... point is if an Obs Heavy has an optimal of 880 for lasers, will his sensor strength also be amped up and start chasing my hauling scarab when I get within 999m?

I just noticed Sensor Amplifier on this list ... Considering pretty much every non indy, detector, or hauler bot uses one or 2 of these, all the time .... should make things interesting. Walking anywhere on Hoop, Dom, or Hokk with a combat will be quite different.